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# בַּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1248

**son** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

son [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1248/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בַּר: n.m. son [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1248/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. son (Aramaic בַּר, Syriac ܒܰܪ ) only in late Heb. of Pr 31:2, 2 (both cstr.), v 2 sf. בְּרִי; נשׁקו בר ψ 2:12 kiss the son, 𝔖 Modern Vrss Ges De Pe et al.; receive instruction 𝔗; δράξασθε παιδείας 𝔊; apprehendite disciplinam 𝔙 Ew; kiss purely, do sincere homage Aq Sym Jer BrMP 136; emend. Lag (מוֹסָרוֹ) נַשְּׁקוּ מוֹסֵרוֹ put on his bonds (cf. v 3) so Kmp CheOP 351.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: O son (2); \[the\] son (1); my son (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 31:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.2/#tree)

מַה־בְּ֭רִי וּמַֽה־בַּר־בִּטְנִ֑י וּ֝מֶה בַּר־נְדָרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* what? my.son my and what? O.son my.womb my and what? O.son my.vows my

*JPS 1917:* What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?

[Psalms 2:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.12/#tree)

נַשְּׁקוּ־בַ֡ר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֣ר כִּמְעַ֣ט אַפּ֑וֹ אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י כָּל־ח֥וֹסֵי בֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* kiss \[the\].son lest he.should.be.angry and you.will.perish way (dm) it.burns like a.little anger his how.blessed! \[are\].all \[those.who\].seek.refuge in him

*JPS 1917:* Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1248.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1248/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).